When I bought the house, the doorbell chime had been removed. The two wires from the push-button run directly to the outlet box shown in this picture, along with 120V. There is no transformer elsewhere in the house, and there's no break in the wires. It appears the original chime must have had a built-in transformer, but I am having a very hard time finding a replacement. (And I suspect the previous owner had the same problem since the chime was removed.) Am I confused about this wiring, or do I just need to look harder for a chime with a built-in transformer?
Outlet box with 120V and two low-voltage wires routed to the front door.
The house was built in 1975, but I can't tell if this outlet box is original. Any guesses about what was here previously? Is my only option to add a transformer somewhere else in the house and reroute the low voltage wires to it?
If a customer asked me to put a chime there.... I would get the low voltage wire out of the box.
I would install a receptacle and use a wall wart there. You can find them in white.
Install chime right below the receptacle.
We're switching out the incandescent 4" recessed lights in Kitchen to LEDs. The label in there says the model is Lightolier 2008 374.
I can't find a manual for them.
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I took a bronze cone out and unscrewed the bulb. From me doing that or it's been that way before, but the trim ring doesn't sit flush with ceiling by a hair (my wife says it's OK, but I've started taking 1 apart so want to know how to put it together right).
There's these 3 clips with a 'button' on them. I pressed the button, pulled down on the 2 parts of the clips and was able to get the can out.
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Now I wonder:
1) were these clips needed / they weren't holding things in place?
2) anyone know if I can just put the clips back in the can and then push the can back up there? Is there any rotational issues / do they have to match the tabs on the ring in the ceilint?
3) what holds the can in place? The clips on the ring that's mounted up there?
4) Any tricks to get the can to sit more flush against the ceiling? Rotate it a bit while pushing? Based on the pic below, I guess I'd rotate clockwise to get a little more lift from the angle of these clips below?
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Interesting, at least for this size bulb / can, the trim ring is part of the can. The LEDs go over that trim ring! I don't do much of this so that's interesting to me.
THANKS!
Hello. I am new here and haven’t quite figured out the search previous thread features yet
I am installing a new ceiling light, simple black white ground wires.
OLD house with no junction box and the previous light fixture plastered into the ceiling.
On first install, I had to rig up part of the old mounting brackets with a new mounting bracket. It’s labeled a “flush Mount” but it’s now about an inch away from the ceiling and the wires are technically “exposed” but are hidden from plain view.
- “exposed” in this case is that they are wire nut and electrical taped for safety, but are coming out of the ceiling and in between the plaster and light fixture. Old light was the same, except it had a big bowl that flush mounted to the ceiling.
I know it’s safe, but would it raise a red flag on a home inspection? Any thoughts outside of installing a new junction box?
08-20-22, 06:34 AM
